Taiwan offers solidarity, help to India
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Taipei, Apr 27 (UNI) Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday expressed concern at the alarming rise of Covid-19 cases in India, she also conveyed the nation s willingness to help India at this juncture.
President Tsai Tweeted on Tuesday, On behalf of all #Taiwanese people, I would like to express my serious concern over the rapid spread of COVID-19 in #India. Taiwan stands with India in this difficult time, & we are ready to provide help.
Apart from the Taiwanese President, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said that it is currently conducting deliberations on how to assist India.
Court interdicts tourism equity fund payments, minister awaits reasons 27 April 2021 - 12:25 Image: GCIS/JAIRUS MMUTLE
The high court in Pretoria has stopped the government’s equity fund aimed at revitalising the tourism sector which has been battered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
AfriForum and Solidarity, which have branded the fund the “a racial tourism fund”, sought an urgent interdict. Acting judge John Holland-Muter granted the interdict on Monday. Holland-Muter said the reasons for his decision will follow.
The organisations hauled tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, the tourism department and its director-general and the small enterprise finance agency before court. The court interdicted them from processing any application and/or making any payments from the tourism equity fund pending the main application.
India News: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said that he will provide all the assistance to India for its fight against surging coronavirus pandemic.
A CHARITABLE trust that cares for children and young people with serious disabilities has been accused of attacking its workers’ holiday entitlement and changing the way they are paid.
Hollybank Trust provides residential care, therapy and education for 150 children and young people in Kirklees, West Yorkshire.
Public-service union Unison says the trust plans to cut workers’ annual holiday entitlement from 32 days to 25 and introduce shifts of up to 14.5 hours.
The union says the trust also plans to change monthly pay from a fixed monthly sum to a fluctuating amount based on shifts worked each month.
Unison area organiser Sarah Keig said: “We are currently consulting with our legal experts as to the potential for bringing claims against the trust, but this is not where anyone should want to be.